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Gae and I truly wish that the New Year 2018 bring joy, happiness, peace, smiles and good tidings for you and your family. Wouldn’t it be truly magical if 2018 was to become a year to remember for every club in our great District.

On Thursday 26th October the Lioness Club of the Sutherland Shire celebrated their 39th anniversary of services to the community with their Charter dinner and a delicious cake made by Lioness June Orsman. A toast was proposed by the District Lions Club’s Governor Ron Gattone who attended the event held at Doltone House,

A Greek philosopher once wrote that great enterprises begin with small opportunities.

That sounds good, doesn’t it? But you know what? I don’t think it’s true. Great enterprises don’t begin with small opportunities. They begin with great opportunities. It’s just that great opportunities sometimes have a way of looking small.

The Australian Chapter of Lions International Stamp Club (LISC) is working wonders – raising money to purchase mobility aids for children with cerebral palsy, helping them to stand and walk to the best of their ability. We spoke with member Ross Paine about this incredible work and how stamp collectors across the country can help.

It’s getting close to the end of our Lions Year and we have been asked to change the following children’s lives by supplying them with walkers: It would be good to have no children in need of a walker for the start of the 2017-18 Lions year.

With the approval of the Council Chairman, the Australian Lions Foundation has initiated a “National Appeal” in support of those impacted by the recent Cyclone and Flooding in Queensland and Northern New South Wales.

Tragically, Cyclone Debbie and the subsequent flooding, left a path of destruction and heart break across Queensland and Northern NSW and this will could result in families in these areas that have offered to host this year to withdrawing from hosting this year.